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Wire & Cable ASIA – September/October 2007
Kukdong, the South Korea-based
subsidiary of Nexans, is carrying out a
major contract to supply power,
control, lighting and instrumentation
cables to Hyundai Heavy Industries
(HHI) for use in the construction of
three Type 214 submarines for the
Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN).
In order to achieve this, Kukdong
became the country’s first cable
manufacturer to achieve certification to
the rigorous quality standards required
by the VDE and BWB (Germany’s
Federal Office of Defence Technology
and Procurement).
Nexans’ enhanced cable solutions and
services fully conform to the world’s
strict naval standards and then meet the
tough demands of navies worldwide.
The Type 214 diesel-electric submarine
was developed originally by the
German firm Howaldtswerke-Deutsche
Werft AG (HDW).
In November 2000, the ROK Defence
Ministry selected Hyundai Heavy
Industries Co (HHI) for a $1.12 billion
project to build three new submarines
based on the German firm’s technology
and design.
Typically, cables specified for merchant
ships or offshore applications have to
be certified as resistant to three
different types of oil.
However, the extreme conditions
experienced by the Type 214
submarines, which are capable of
operating at depths of more than
250m, required the cables to meet
even more stringent standards. The
Kukdong cables had to pass rigorous
service life testing to prove their
capability to resist five different types
of machine and fuel oil, as well as salt
water and filtered water and various
compositions of oil and water.
Following the test and evaluation
programme, Kukdong became the first
company in South Korea, and only the
third in the world, to be awarded
VG95218 Teil 60/61/62/63/64/65/66
certification by VDE, the German
Association for Electrical, Electronic &
Information Technologies, as well as
approval by BWB.
Certification covers power and control
cables from 0.6 up to 1kV, 550V lighting
cable and 250V instrumentation cable.
Kukdong Electric Wire – Korea
Fax: +82 22140 3098
Email:
Website:
Nexans subsidiary provides
submarine cables to Korean navy
A Type 214 submarine prior to launch m
Metav to run alongside wire
and Tube Düsseldorf 2008
Metav Düsseldorf 2008 – the International Fair for Manufacturing Technology
and Automation – is being held from 31 st March to 4th April 2008 – running
alongside wire and Tube Düsseldorf.
The three trade fairs, with their overlapping visitor and customer base,
generates many synergies: metal working technology is presented in an
even more comprehensive style.
Many exhibitors at wire and Tube are also customers of Metav exhibitors.
These three events will occupy almost the entire Düsseldorf exhibition
centre, offering a forum for almost 3,000 exhibitors and more than 100,000
trade visitors.
VDW – German Machine Tool Builders’ Association – Germany
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leading trade magazine
for the wire and cable
industries in Asia